*Dearly Depotted*

Hello! I just got this Apple Manzano banana tree a while back. I got a cut corm from a HUGE sized banana tree! I decided since I’ve had luck in the past with cutting off a bit of the top of the corm to get it to start growing sooner than later. I guess b/c it is so big that my butcher knife was not a good enough tool to use. So I accidentally butchered it pretty badly! It seems to be okay so far but I’m a bit worried that I might have killed it! Do I have to cut it down further? Leave it alone? I had heard that you’re suppose to use some type of machete to cut down or cut the leaves off. What kind of machete works best? Thanks!

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!

cincinnana

Looks fine... and a good cut for a plant in a container.

A sharp machete will work well ...or a real sharp knife will work also....a chainsaw will be needed in a few years..

Your doing great!!!!!


But I do have to ask...why are you cutting that plant?

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*Dearly Depotted*

Thanks! Glad to hear I didn’t massacre it! Chainsaw is hilarious! I’m appreciate your very kind comment by the way!

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!

*Dearly Depotted*

Sorry for the typo! I meant to say I appreciate not I’m. Guess I should always double check my reply!

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!

*Dearly Depotted*

Here’s an updated picture for you to see. Do you think that it will be alright? I don’t think it’s dead though. It just doesn’t look good. What do you think?

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!

Backyard Banana Joe

Looks okay.... see if it has roots......

*Dearly Depotted*

Thanks for that! It’s a bit of a relief! Whew! I was thinking I might have killed it stone dead! I haven’t been able to take the plant out and look for roots yet. I was also going to take a picture for you to see. I’ll have to try that later. However, I found a couple of pictures I received from the seller. It showed how this plant looked when I received it. I took some screenshots of the pictures. I desperately tried to post them both on this thread and then on my own gallery page. It didn’t work. I saw someone else on here that was able to take a screenshot and post it. I don’t get it. So sorry didn’t work. It had a ton of roots to start with. Thanks again for the help! I really appreciate it! I’ll get back to you later on...

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!

*Dearly Depotted*

Hey! Sorry I’m gettin back to you so late. I have been so busy didn’t even have time to go online! Anyway, I am a little apprehensive about digging up the plant. It’s now located in my house and the room it’s in doesn’t have much space to work in. Plus I do remember someone telling me not to dig it up and just let it do it’s own thing. I might consider it but not anytime soon! However, I do have a couple of pictures to show you what the plant looked like when I bought it. It did have tons of roots! Well, you’ll see!

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!

*Dearly Depotted*

Just a note these are not my pictures. They belong to the seller. Hope he doesn’t mind me using them! Shh... don’t tell him!

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!

*Dearly Depotted*

So what do you think?

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!

*Dearly Depotted*

I didn’t realize when I originally replied to this message that I missed a question you asked. I ended up cutting it at least twice because I stupidly thought it would cause the plant to start growing faster. You know it pretty much was just doing nothing. I wanted it to start growing the pseudostem faster. Oh well. Didn’t work out that way, did it! Hey, at least it’s still alive though! Plus I wanted to mention that I did end up getting a machete by the way! I got to admit that it’s so much fun to use! Makes trimming so much easier!

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!

*Dearly Depotted*

Hey! Another update.... My plant is growing again! So I am so HAPPY! Yeah! You guys were right all along! Thanks!

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It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!